The Complete Beginners Drawing and Shading Course
The Complete Beginners Drawing and Shading Course, available at $79.99, has an average rating of 4.68, with 97 lectures, based on 1902 reviews, and has 9772 subscribers.
You will learn about Use basic shapes to easily construct drawings and outlines Develop a real understanding of light and shade Gain mastery of shading techniques to create the illusion of depth and form Create drawings in one-point, two-point and three point perspective Create a realistic drawing using just six pencil techniques Understand the basics of portraiture by creating a child portrait This course is ideal for individuals who are Complete beginners or Students with some experience (but who need fundamental drawing skills to progress) or Hobby Artists or Students setting out on the journey to becoming an artist, illustrator or designer or Crafters who want to go beyond pre-made designs or Adults and Children (10+) It is particularly useful for Complete beginners or Students with some experience (but who need fundamental drawing skills to progress) or Hobby Artists or Students setting out on the journey to becoming an artist, illustrator or designer or Crafters who want to go beyond pre-made designs or Adults and Children (10+).
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Summary
Title: The Complete Beginners Drawing and Shading Course
Price: $79.99
Average Rating: 4.68
Number of Lectures: 97
Number of Published Lectures: 97
Number of Curriculum Items: 97
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 97
Original Price: $89.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
- Use basic shapes to easily construct drawings and outlines
- Develop a real understanding of light and shade
- Gain mastery of shading techniques to create the illusion of depth and form
- Create drawings in one-point, two-point and three point perspective
- Create a realistic drawing using just six pencil techniques
- Understand the basics of portraiture by creating a child portrait
Who Should Attend
- Complete beginners
- Students with some experience (but who need fundamental drawing skills to progress)
- Hobby Artists
- Students setting out on the journey to becoming an artist, illustrator or designer
- Crafters who want to go beyond pre-made designs
- Adults and Children (10+)
Target Audiences
- Complete beginners
- Students with some experience (but who need fundamental drawing skills to progress)
- Hobby Artists
- Students setting out on the journey to becoming an artist, illustrator or designer
- Crafters who want to go beyond pre-made designs
- Adults and Children (10+)
Have you always wanted to learn to draw?
Have you struggled to take your drawing skills to the next level?
You’re in exactly the right place. This course is for beginners and will take you to an advanced level. It’s also for those who want to gain confidence with the fundamentals.
I start you off nice and easy – Basic shapes and construction drawing
Master these and you’ll feel your confidence growing already. Lots of fun introductory projects like ‘Peppie the Pup’ build your skills step-by-step.
Then move to intermediate then advanced. Wow! It looks so realistic! – Shading and Form
Those skills you’ve admired in other artists for so long can be your skills too. Projects like ‘The Shoe Well Travelled’ will challenge you (but you are up to the task!) Your drawing will almost ‘pop’ off the page, amazing yourself and those around you.
One of the most admirable skills in art – Portraiture
Capturing a likeness is one of the most admirable skills in art. It’s so satisfying.Render individual facial features and create a wonderful child portrait.
The Foundation to drawing most things – Perspective and Proportion
How can you represent the three-dimensional world on a flat piece of paper? How do things we see change as they get closer, further away or turn towards us? These questions are all answered with perspective. Your eyes are now open to a whole new way of seeing and drawing.
Plus an extra bonus…
My fun, quick and easy approach to drawing people and cute characters using construction drawing.
This is the beginner to advanced drawing course you’ve been looking for…
Even if you think you’re not naturally talented my super easy methods and in-depth explanations will set you on the path from your first pencil lines into creating professional grade artworks.
I’ve been teaching beginner artists for over 30 years. I know exactly what you need to get started the right way, and I’ve jam packed it into this course.
Plus, if you have any questions at all throughout your drawing journey, just ask. I’m right here for you.
With more than 9000 students enrolled the written reviews tell you all you need to know
“I am really enjoying this course. The explanations are brilliant and there is so much material (among videos, documents and exercises) to explore! However what I love most is the possibility to be part of the course related FB group. That is amazing indeed!! Cindy does give a lot of feedbacks and all the members and the administrators are great!!” –Giorgio
“I’m learning things that seem so simple but have increased my artistic ability ten fold” – Gideon Swanson
“I learned a lot right from the beginning… I always wanted to draw and this lady is bang on.” – Elizabeth Brown
“The step by step instruction is so in-depth, easy to follow and produces real results. Cindy and Tannis as well as the online facebook support group that goes with the course provides an extra dimension of responsive and kindly criticism and loads of support.”– Helen Hanby
“Cindy Wider is a beyond amazing teacher! She constantly interacts with her students and gives lots of encouraging comments, helpful tips to make sure everyone gets the help they need… You’ll never feel alone and got lost in the path of being a better artist!” – Zehra Eylem Kazgöz
“Great match for me – and the FB group discussion and feedback has been super wonderful, too!” – Ann Petrochko
” I love that she’s so thorough with the basics and love her accent too.” – Rebecca Douglass
“Clear and appropriate for beginners… I have noticed that she is very active and helpful in the facebook drawing community… Impressed with everything so far.” – Shak Man
” Cindy is very engaged with her students and is always very kind, supportive and encouraging!” – Patricia Gliniecki
“Great to have a course that starts off with the foundations and then builds upon them.” – Andrew Bensch
“This course is perfect for complete beginners.” – Lindsay Ferrara
My students say we have “the best Facebook group on the internet!”
When you enroll in this course you can join my Facebook group “Cindy Wider’s Beginner Drawing Family”. It really is the most supportive and friendly community you’ll find anywhere. My students call themselves ‘DrawPj’ers” (after my website). DrawPj stands for Draw in your Pj’s – the little blocks of time. Don’t wait until you retire to claim your talent for drawing.
It’s family friendly place where you can ask questions and request feedback from the community. When you’re feeling confident you can share what you’ve learned with others taking the same exciting journey.
I’ll be there too with my team too. I look forward to meeting you and seeing all the wonderful things you create.
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Essential Skills – Just Pick Up Your Pencil!
Lecture 1: Essential Skills Introduction
Lecture 2: Cindy Wider's Beginner Artist Community Facebook Group
Lecture 3: Sketching
Lecture 4: Halving Lines
Lecture 5: Angles
Lecture 6: Introduction to Basic Shapes
Lecture 7: Drawing Rectangles
Lecture 8: Drawing Triangles
Lecture 9: Drawing Circles
Lecture 10: Drawing Ellipses
Lecture 11: Drawing Bell Shapes
Lecture 12: Essential Skills Summary
Chapter 2: Essential Skills – Projects
Lecture 1: Introductions to Projects
Lecture 2: Peppie the Pup: Downloadable Course Books
Lecture 3: Peppie the Pup – Part A: Construction Drawing
Lecture 4: Peppie the Pup – Part B: Outline Drawing
Lecture 5: Tallulah Ted: Downloadable Course Books
Lecture 6: Tallulah Ted: Part A: Construction Drawing
Lecture 7: Tallulah Ted: Part B: Outline Drawing
Chapter 3: Essential Skills – Bonus downloadable projects
Lecture 1: Learn to See Shapes in Objects
Lecture 2: Simple Man-made Objects
Lecture 3: Marmalade the Rabbit Project
Lecture 4: Oscar the Cat Project
Lecture 5: Cyril the Squirrel Project
Lecture 6: Cuddly Cat Bobby Project
Chapter 4: Pencil Techniques – 'Six Pencil Techniques'
Lecture 1: Get started with Six Pencil Techniques
Lecture 2: Drawing supplies required for all sections of the course which follow
Lecture 3: Introduction and Smooth Shading Technique
Lecture 4: Broad Stroke Technique
Lecture 5: Chisel Point Technique
Lecture 6: Fine Lines Technique
Lecture 7: Hatching Technique
Lecture 8: Cross Hatching Technique
Lecture 9: Erasing Techniques
Lecture 10: Six Pencil Techniques Summary
Chapter 5: Pencil Techniques – Major Project: The Old Hay Shed
Lecture 1: Introduction and Project Resources
Lecture 2: Introduction and the Graphite Transfer Method
Lecture 3: Pencil Stroke Placement and Shadow Areas
Lecture 4: Trees and Leaves
Lecture 5: Background Elements
Lecture 6: The Roof Area
Lecture 7: Completing the Foreground
Chapter 6: Pencil Techniques – Bonus downloadable projects
Lecture 1: Tulips in a Tub Project
Lecture 2: Giant Cherry Cupcake Project
Lecture 3: Happy Campers Project
Lecture 4: Shining Lighthouse Project
Chapter 7: Shading – 'Three Ways to Shade'
Lecture 1: Three Ways to Shade Introduction
Lecture 2: Create a Value Scale
Lecture 3: Gradation
Lecture 4: Soft Edge
Lecture 5: Hard Edge
Lecture 6: Three Ways to Shade Summary
Chapter 8: Shading – 'The Theory of Light and Shade'
Lecture 1: Introduction to the Theory of Light and Shade (plus resources)
Lecture 2: Shade a Cube
Lecture 3: Shade a Sphere
Lecture 4: Shade a Cone
Lecture 5: Shade a Cylinder
Lecture 6: Theory of Light and Shade Summary
Chapter 9: Shading – Bonus downloadable projects
Lecture 1: Bob the Boat Project
Lecture 2: Puddles the Boot Project
Lecture 3: Frangipani Dreams Project
Lecture 4: The Holiday Project
Chapter 10: Shading – Major Project: Silver Kettle
Lecture 1: Silver Kettle Introduction and Project Resources
Lecture 2: Silver Kettle Tutorial
Lecture 3: Silver Kettle Speed Drawing
Chapter 11: Shading – Major Project: A Shoe Well Travelled
Lecture 1: 'A Shoe Well Travelled': Introduction and Resources
Lecture 2: Part a: Introduction, first layer and sole stitching
Lecture 3: Part b: Impressing technique in shoe folds
Lecture 4: Part c: Laces and leather stitching
Lecture 5: Part d: Rubber sole and summary
Chapter 12: Portraiture
Lecture 1: Facial Features Introduction and Resources
Lecture 2: Shaded Drawing of the Human Eye (intro and tutorial)
Lecture 3: Shaded Drawing of the Human Eye (speed drawing)
Lecture 4: Shaded Drawing of the Human Nose (tutorial)
Lecture 5: Shaded Drawing of the Human Nose (speed drawing)
Lecture 6: Shaded Drawing of Human Lips (tutorial)
Lecture 7: Shaded Drawing of Human Lips (speed drawing)
Lecture 8: Shaded Drawing of the Human Ear (tutorial)
Lecture 9: Shaded Drawing of the Human Ear (speed drawing)
Lecture 10: Mark the Positions of the Individual Features on a Face
Chapter 13: Portraiture – Major Project: Isha (Child Portrait)
Lecture 1: Child Portrait – Introduction and resources
Lecture 2: Portrait of Isha part a – construction drawing and outline
Lecture 3: Portrait of Isha part b – hair
Lecture 4: Portrait of Isha part c – face and jumper
Lecture 5: Portrait of Isha (speed drawing)
Chapter 14: Perspective + Bonus downloadable project
Lecture 1: Introduction to Perspective
Instructors
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Cindy Wider
Artist, Author, Illustrator and Co-Founder of DrawPj.com
Rating Distribution
- 1 stars: 29 votes
- 2 stars: 23 votes
- 3 stars: 198 votes
- 4 stars: 525 votes
- 5 stars: 1127 votes
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